Of 2 women from the marginalised ballot Community Police prevented opposition politicians from traveling to the site of one of the attacks emergency laws have been imposed after clashes erupted following the cremation of one of the women the e. U. Is launching legal action against the u. K. Over plans to breach parts of the brics it divorce agreement a letter a formal notice has been sent to the British Government the case could wind up in the European Court of justice bracks it is one of the topics that leaders from the bloc of discussed during a summit taking place in brussels this morning the commission has decided to send a letter formal notice to the u. K. Government this is the 1st step in an infringement procedure. The letter invites the u. K. Government to send its ups of relations within a month. And besides this the commission will continue to work hard towards a full and timely implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement we stand by our commitments. Beating russian opposition
Travel and we meet with global news makers about the stories that matter. What. Youre watching the listening post working from home here are some of the media stories were covering this week. Unrest in thailand protesters take on the taboo that outlaws criticism of the political system and the monarchy at the heart of the turkish president sues a greek newspaper for a front page featuring a 4 letter word the paper says bring it on sports stadiums are empty but broadcasters are bursting with ideas on how to make up for the missing fans and making a mockery online of britains Pandemic Response when youre trying to conceive i went through a metaphorical make up to tory. As coronavirus lockdowns have gone into effect in country after country thailand has had a different experience shutting the borders and the early and Widespread Adoption of face masks have helped keep the numbers down there its also meant that political activists who have gone quiet across many countries hard hit by cope
Been grappling with global interconnectedness for as long as weve been a species this book starts from our ancient past indeed our 1st migrations out of africa as modern human beings and takes us through how technological advances in agriculture in writing with alphabets in ocean navigation with the steam engine and now in our time with the digital age have reshaped this interconnectedness its quite a story of course it is the the history of humanity because we are globally interconnected in fundamental ways whether we have nationalism or not we cant help but having this interconnectedness of course a days before this book was being finalised came the pandemic a so i you quickly scrambled with a preface at the beginning to say well this is quite horrific its not the 1st time pandemics themselves have reshaped our lives as well they are also emblematic of globalisation you know we have government advisers on this show sometimes quite a quite a few but we dont have people who advised mor
Each year the 1st monday in september is labor day in the usa it is in canada too they just spell it differently its a celebration of the Labor Movement and its the unofficial end of summer and for many laborers automation and technology could spell the end of the line which jobs are robots taking over and which jobs will be safe lets ask our t. Boom bust host christy i and kristie ive read that in 1950 elevator operator was among 270 careers listed in the u. S. Census back to the future a recent Postal Service controversy involves. Taking sorting machines offline and these behemoths could move the mail much faster than human beings could and automation is replacing or accompanying workers in detroit and all sorts of Assembly Lines elsewhere kristie what sorts of Assembly Work is unlikely or impossible to be automated. Well as you know a lot of some of the work and manufacturing work is being heavily heavily automated nowadays but as a long must found out the hard way not everything ca
A preface at the beginning to say well this is quite horrific its not the 1st time pandemics themselves have reshaped our lives as well they are also emblematic of globalization you know we have government advisers on this show sometimes quite a quite a few but we dont have people who advised more than 140 countries around the world to learn u. N. Secretary general is the big question about the pandemic of course is what is your advice to rich and poor countries grappling with a recession a depression maybe the worst in centuries my advice always which politicians dont like turn is for us to understand the situation and look around at whos doing well because in this pandemic there are a few countries that have got good under control chinas one of them. A korea to a large extent Australia New Zealand vietnam among poor countries lot b. T. R. Cambodia really amazing quite poor countries have beaten this virus down and then the United States out of control brazil out of control and so if